LibGuides: Business & Economic Impact of COVID-19: Data Sources

DATA SOURCES

HHS Coronavirus Data Hub
The HHS Coronavirus Data Hub provides high-quality, accessible, and timely information for entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers to help drive insights and better health outcomes for all. This site augments HHS open data on COVID-19 — available on Healthdata.gov and Data.gov — with non-government datasets from academia, non-profit organizations, industry and hospital facilities reporting from all 50 states.
50-State Surveys / Charts: Coronavirus Resources (American Financial Services Association)
Data related to state mandates for business closures, size of gatherings, and more.
Citymapper Mobility Index
% of city moving compared to usual
COVID-19 Location Data Toolkit (Unacast)
Tools and data include: "Social Distancing Scoreboard", "Venue Impact Tracker", and "Origin Destination Flux". Options for Custom Data Analysis available.
COVID-19 Monitor, Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS)
A new section in EMIS in which we will display global statistics, news and reports covering the outbreak.
*Please note: access limited to current Babson students, faculty and staff only*
COVID-19 Projections: Hospital resource use
The charts on this site show projected hospital resource use based on COVID-19 deaths.
COVID-19/Coronavirus Facts and Figures
Statista has made all of its COVID-19 related content free to access.
Homebase | COVID-19 Impact on US Local Businesses and Hourly Employees
Continually updated. "This data set is prepared by Homebase, a free scheduling and time tracking tool used by 100,000+ local businesses and their hourly employees. Homebase's customers in the US primarily consist of restaurant, food & beverage, retail and services and are largely individual owned/operator managed businesses."
More info available on Homebase's site
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
An interactive web-based map to track cases of the virus around the world
KASPR Datahaus’ Global Internet Pressure Map
The map was created using measurements of the differences in the speed of internet packets traveling between the US and destinations/regions which reveal the pressure of the new tele-work reality.
COVID-19 Data (SimplyAnalytics)
The SimplyAnalytics team just added COVID-19 data at the national, state, and county levels to SimplyAnalytics. The data is from USAFacts.org and we update it daily with the latest numbers.
*Access available to current Babson students, faculty & staff only. Login credentials are not the same as your regular Babson username and password - please Create an Account when logging in for the first time.*
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The following data variables are now available in SimplyAnalytics:
• Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by date
• Prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 cases (per 100,000 individuals) by date
• Deaths from COVID-19 by date
• Prevalence of deaths from COVID-19 (per 100,000 individuals) by date
You can find the COVID-19 data in SimplyAnalytics in two places:
• [recommended] Go to the Data tab, click on the "Data Folder" view (located just below the data search box), then scroll to the bottom of the list of data folders, or
• Go to the Data tab, click on the Health category icon, then check the box next to COVID-19 in the list of health sub-categories
This data can be combined with our demographic and health data variables to identify areas with vulnerable residents, such as the elderly, people with respiratory illnesses, and smokers.

Here are the best ways to view this data in SimplyAnalytics:
• Map View: map the COVID-19 data by County or State
• Ranking View: rank all counties in the United States to identify areas with the highest counts or rates of COVID-19
• Comparison Table View: add your counties and states and any COVID-19 variables to this report to compare rates over time
• Related Data Table View: add one variable from a folder to this view and the rest will be added automatically
State Data and Policy Actions to Address Coronavirus
Data available from the Kaiser Family Foundation
US Employment/Unemployment Data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Popular Survey
US Census Bureau - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Data
Provides demographic risk factor variables along with economic data on 20 key industries impacted by Coronavirus. Each data set can be displayed in different visualizations, maps, can be shared, and available for download. Periodically updated.
Researching the Impact of Coronavirus Using Data (DataPlanet)
Some statistical evidence now available in Data Planet that shows the early impact of COVID-19, primarily at the US national and state levels, can help explore questions unemployment, the stock market, industries and more.